A guide to the Karachi by-election

All eyes will be on Karachi as political parties and independent candidates once again fight for two of its National Assembly seats — NA-243 and NA-247. The provincial constituencies where by-elections will be held are PS-111 and PS-87.

Residents of the city will cast their votes on October 14.

NA-243

Prime Minister Imran Khan had won the NA-243 seat after securing 91,358 votes and MQM-Pakistan’s Syed Ali Raza Abidi came second with 24,082 votes. He vacated the seat and now tough competition is expected between the candidates of the PTI, PPP, PSP, and TLP.

Founder of social movement #FixIt Muhammad Alamgir Khan is contesting on the PTI’s ticket. MQM-Pakistan’s Amir Wali Uddin Chishti, Hakim Ali from the PPP, Syed Asif Hasnain from the Pak Sarzameen Party and Syed Nawazul Huda from Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) are also contesting.

A total of 402,731 voters have been registered, of whom 211,510 are male and 191,221 are female.